Friday, November 09, 2007

Happy Birthday, Carl!

Sagan on the Cosmos set
Carl Sagan was born today in 1934, in Brooklyn.

I'm sure I don't have to say anything about him, but if I did, besides Cosmos and The Demon-Haunted World and The Dragons of Eden, I'd mention his insistence on putting cameras on space probes. Imagine Cassini without cameras...

He was a national treasure, no, a global - no, a specific treasure and he's missed.

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At 4:45 PM, November 09, 2007 Blogger John Evo had this to say...

"he's missed."

For sure. His voice would be so valuable right now. At least we have his books and TV series. I've only actually read Demon-Haunted World - which is a classic, as far as I'm concerned. Lots of extra future reading for me to do.

 

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